Alliance Laundry Systems workers assemble washers in the Ripon plant. The company announced a new expansion project this week that is expected to bring 150 new jobs to the area.

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A major expansion planned by Alliance Laundry Systems is expected to create 150 jobs in Ripon.

The Fond du Lac County Board of Supervisors will be asked Tuesday to authorize the borrowing of $6 million to assist Alliance Laundry with another expansion at its Ripon plant. The project would represent a $46 million investment. Last year, Alliance completed a $25 million expansion project that added 270 jobs.

If the expansion moves forward, total employment at the Ripon plant would increase to 1,570. Alliance is the third largest employer in the county behind Mercury Marine and Agnesian ...